Swim Squad Training
Swim Squad Training
Discover your thrill for competitive swimming
The Swim Squad program at Auburn Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre supports all swimmers to train to their individual potential and maximise their enjoyment of the sport, whether swimming for fun, personal health goals and other aquatic activities including Open Water Swimming, Water Polo and Triathlon. Competitive swimming is a challenging and exciting element of swimming, supporting a range of physical, mental and emotional health benefits.
Swim Squad Levels:
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
Swimmers will be assessed prior to being placed into a Squad group to ensure they are working to a level appropriate to their abilities and goals. All swimmers will be assessed continuously to progress levels if needed.
GOswim Academy (Developmental Squads)
The GOswim Academy levels of our GOswim program serve as a transition from learning the foundations of swimming and water safety to participation in competitive swimming squads. The GOswim Academy is designed to encourage continued participation in aquatic activity including involvement in competitive swimming and swimming for health and wellbeing.
Swim Squad
The Swim Squad program creates pathways for students to continue their passion for swimming from lessons onwards into adult life, experiencing the thrill and excitement of swimming competitively while improving their swimming technique and skills within a team learning environment.
Our Squad Coaches
Vince Healy
Squad Coach
Vince’s interests began back in 1999, when he became a Learn to Swim teacher at Sydney International Aquatic Centre, now know as Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
He had family who were National Swimmers and a connection with a National Country Coach in Dubbo, this sparked his interest into swimming and coaching.
In 2004 he gained his Green coaching licence and in 2009 attended the Vic Centre where he gained his Silver coaching licence.
He currently is coaching under a Bronze licence.
Vince was fortunate enough to be coached by a number of Olymipic and Australian Coaches, including, John Bladon and Tony Shaw to name a couple.
Swimming has been Vince’s life and passion for as long as he can remember!
FUN FACT: As a Junior he was in a NSW squad coached as a pro and was a club champion at Chatswood!
Pancha Thambo
Squad Coach
Pancha is a highly experienced coach who has been coaching successfully for over 30 years. In this time he has coached many State and National age champions. Pancha has also been the development coach of many outstanding swimmers who have continued on to international competitions. He started coaching in Southern California in 1984 before moving to Riyadh to work in the British International school.
He has also been the lead coach of Junior State programs at SOPAC (formally SAC Seals) and MLC Marlins, when these clubs won the NSW junior state point scores. Pancha was also Head Coach of PLC School and guided the school team to 8 victories in the prestigious NSW independent Girls’ Swimming association between 2006- 2017. He comes back to SOPAC with a passion to develop the next generation of outstanding swimmers.
Pancha is an avid fan of Cricket and Soccer, but he is most passionate about coaching swimming.
Join the squad!
To join our squad program, we invite you to participate in an initial assessment with us so we can ensure you are placed in the appropriate Squad group. Please enquire below to express your interest and one of our friendly staff will be in contact to get you started.